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Cpanel went on for 2 years with a remote root exploit in exim 4.69(released: 12-27-2007 11:29 AM) that allowed attackers to gain complete control over the servers. Hosts that use cpanel, Hostgator.com and many others. Unlike qmail(qmail.org) that has a track record of zero security flaws. Along with tinydns that has had one security flaw but not a serious one. It only allowed attackers to crash the daemon then it ...

After a long wait, the first public exploit have been found

The exact details have not been revealed yet, probably at the same time as the tool will be released.
http://www.dailytech.com/Hackers+Fin...ticle23406.htm ...

The recently discovered Duqu Trojan has received considerable attention from the security research community. Here's why. What is Duqu? It's a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that is designed to steal data from computers it infects. It was discovered by the Laboratory of Cryptography and Systems Security (CrySys) at Budapest University.

Full read:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...al_about_Duqu_ ...

The hackergroup Anonymous, famous for spectacular attacks against computer security firm HBGary amongst others, recently threatened the Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas after one Anonymous "member" had been kidnapped by the cartel during a street protest in Veracruz October 6. The threat, given by someone in the standard Anonymous outfit - a Guy Fawkes mask, consisted in releasing names of persons connected to Zetas, allegedly collected through hacking. That there could be some substance behind the story is supported by the fact that the website of Gustavo Rosario Torres, a former Tabasco ...

The manuscript seems straight out of fiction: a strange, handwritten message in abstract symbols and Roman letters meticulously covering 105 yellowing pages hidden in the depths of an academic archive.



The mysterious cryptogram, bound in gold and green brocade paper, reveals the rituals and political leanings of an 18th-century secret society in Germany. The rituals detailed in the document indicate the society had a fascination with eye surgery and ophthalmology, though it seems members of the society were not eye doctors.

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I recently did a job that involved a IPBoard system and it was using the "latin" char set. The client needed it to be in utf8 to support foreign characters. So heres what we did to perform this database conversion.

First after logging into the server we need to create a backup of the database.
First always make abackup of the database before performing work on the databases in case something goes wrong we can always drop the converted DB and reinsert the original.

So we create a working dir to keep everything tidy.

Backup the DB. use ...

This is really a old subject but still today in many places I go there are many people not practicing These techniques on their personal and private business networks. In todays world the internet is a dangerous place and the data we let others view is also dangerous and can be a great harm to our personal security and safety. Let's start with encryption.

While I journeyed roaming around city 2 city, place to place many people do not bother to use encryption on their wireless access points. They do not realize the danger of this practice and do not understand the dangers involved. ...

"The United States defense contractor community aren’t the only ones suffering under the yolk of cyberattacks—as seen now that Mitsubishi Heavy, Japan’s largest defense contractor, has discovered a multitude of their computers infected with viruses. Mitsubishi Heavy builds submarines, components for nuclear power stations, guided missiles, and rocket engines."

Full article: http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/09...rus-infection/ ...